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Alan Hovhaness

"No, no, I didn't know him. He lost his mind around 1917 because of the tragedy of the Armenians."

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"No, no, I didn't know him. He lost his mind around 1917 because of the tragedy of the Armenians."

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"I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way."
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"I was born in Somerville, but I don't remember very much about it because we moved from there to Arlington when I was five years old, and it was in Arlington that I spent most of my childhood."
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"My mother's background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some of whom had come over from Scotland."
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"No, no, I didn't know him. He lost his mind around 1917 because of the tragedy of the Armenians."
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"I found a greater identity with my own emotions in the Armenian culture as I grew older, as well as from the beginning, although I didn't know anything about it."
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"There were periods when I sometimes made fires in a large, open fireplace that lasted about two weeks, which was how long it took to burn my compositions. So there has been an awful lot that I have destroyed."
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